06.02.2008 Providenciales. Turks and Caicos Islands 2-1 St. Lucia
Providenciales (also known as Provo) is one of the main isles of the Turks and Caicos Islands. It does not have any towns proper, only residential areas. The National Stadium is located in the Venetian Road area. The nearest residential area, Juba Sound, is a few kilometres east.
26.03.2008 Vieux Fort St. Lucia 2-0 Turks and Caicos Islands

26.03.2008 Bayamón Puerto Rico 1-0 Dominican Republic a.e.t.
This fixture was played as one leg only because the Dominican Republic did not meet FIFA stadium standards and was unable to secure a home venue.

26.03.2008 Tunapuna, Trinidad/Tobago Montserrat 1-7 Surinam
This fixture was played in Trinidad and Tobago as one leg only because neither side met FIFA stadium standards. The venue may also be identified as Macoya, which is a part of Tunapuna.

26.03.2008 St. George's Grenada 10-0 US Virgin Islands
This fixture was played as one leg only because the US Virgin Islands did not meet FIFA stadium standards and were unable to secure a home venue.

15.06.2008 Tunapuna Trinidad and Tobago 1-2 Bermuda
The venue may be identified as Macoya, which is a part of Tunapuna.
22.06.2008 Hamilton/Prospect Bermuda 0-2 Trinidad and Tobago
Prospect is some ten minutes away from Hamilton.

15.06.2008 Kingston Jamaica 7-0 Bahamas
18.06.2008 Daniel Town, Jamaica Bahamas 0-6 Jamaica
The venue may be identified as Greenfield-Trelawny. This refers to the Greenfield Stadium, which is located in Daniel Town, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica.

16.11.2007 Djibouti Djibouti 1-0 Somalia
This fixture was played as one leg only due to political instability in Somalia.

Central African Republic vs. São Tomé e Príncipe (both withdrew)

Second Round

Qualifying games for the African Cup of Nations 2010.
South Africa, who already qualified for the World Cup as hosts, played in this tournament aiming only for the African Cup of Nations 2010 (rather than for the World Cup).

Rwanda, Kenya, Tunisia, Togo, Gabon, Sudan, Malawi and Mozambique
qualified for final stage along with the 12 group winners;
Gambia, Angola, Cape Verde and South Africa eliminated (South Africa of course only from the African Nations Cup)

08.10.2007 Doha, Qatar Palestine 0-4 Singapore
The match was originally scheduled to be played in Amman, Jordan.
28.10.2007 Singapore Singapore vs. Palestine (not played, awarded 3-0 to Singapore)
Palestine appealed and moved to have the match rescheduled because Israel did not allow the players to leave the Gaza Strip, but FIFA declined.

08.10.2007 Saida Lebanon 4-1 India
30.10.2007 Margao (Goa) India 2-2 Lebanon
The match, originally scheduled to be played in Chennai on 28.10.2007, was abandoned due to heavy rain and moved to Margao. The venue may also be identified as Fatorda Stadium, which is the popular name of the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao. Fatorda is a suburb of Margao. (Note that Chennai also has a Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, this one without Pandit in the name.)

21.10.2007 Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia East Timor 2-3 Hong Kong
The venue may be identified as Bali, which is one of the islands of Indonesia. Gianyar is located on Bali, some 20 km north-northeast of the regional capital Denpasar (on the southern tip of the island).
28.10.2007 Hong Kong Hong Kong 8-1 East Timor

21.10.2007 Foshan China 7-0 Myanmar
The venue may be identified as Guangdong, which is one of the provinces of China. Foshan is located in Guangdong.
28.10.2007 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Myanmar 0-4 China

21.10.2007 Manama Bahrain 4-1 Malaysia
28.10.2007 Shah Alam Malaysia 0-0 Bahrain
The venue may be identified as Kuala Lumpur. The match was played in the Shah Alam stadium in Shah Alam, which is 25 km west of Kuala Lumpur. Some sources may also give the venue as Petaling Jaya, which is another satellite city of Kuala Lumpur.

South Pacific Games 2007
Tournament in Faleata (near Apia), Samoa.
Papua New Guinea entered the World Cup 2010 but not the men's football tournament of the South Pacific Games 2007, thus inadvertently withdrawing since this tournament doubled as a World Cup qualifying tournament.

Group 1

25.08.2007 Faleata Tahiti 0-1 New Caledonia
25.08.2007 Faleata Fiji 16-0 Tuvalu
27.08.2007 Faleata Tuvalu 0-1 New Caledonia
27.08.2007 Faleata Fiji 4-0 Cook Islands
29.08.2007 Faleata Tuvalu 1-1 Tahiti
29.08.2007 Faleata New Caledonia 3-0 Cook Islands
01.09.2007 Faleata Cook Islands 4-1 Tuvalu
01.09.2007 Faleata Tahiti 0-4 Fiji
03.09.2007 Faleata New Caledonia 1-1 Fiji
03.09.2007 Faleata Cook Islands 0-1 TahitiTuvalu, at the time only an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederation, was not affiliated with FIFA and did not enter the World Cup 2010. Tuvalu would not have been eligible to play had they advanced. This was the first time that a non-FIFA team competed in an event which doubled as a World Cup qualifying tournament.

17.10.2007 Lautoka Fiji 0-2 New Zealand
17.11.2007 Ba Fiji 3-3 New Caledonia
17.11.2007 Port Vila Vanuatu 1-2 New Zealand
21.11.2007 Wellington New Zealand 4-1 Vanuatu
21.11.2007 Nouméa New Caledonia 4-0 Fiji
14.06.2008 Port Vila Vanuatu 1-1 New Caledonia
21.06.2008 Nouméa New Caledonia 3-0 Vanuatu
06.09.2008 Ba Fiji 2-0 Vanuatu
06.09.2008 Nouméa New Caledonia 1-3 New Zealand
10.09.2008 Port Vila Vanuatu 2-1 Fiji
10.09.2008 Auckland New Zealand 3-0 New Caledonia
19.11.2008 Lautoka New Zealand 0-2 Fiji
The match was originally scheduled for 13.10.2007. Fiji appealed when New Zealand refused to issue a visa to goalkeeper Simione Tamanisau because his father-in-law was in the military and sanctions had been imposed on Fiji after a military coup ousted the government late in 2006. FIFA ordered the match to be rescheduled and played on neutral ground. It was to be played in Apia, Samoa, then was moved to Lautoka, Fiji.

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

NEW ZEALAND

6

5

0

1

14

5

15

New Caledonia

6

2

2

2

12

10

8

Fiji

6

2

1

3

8

11

7

Vanuatu

6

1

1

4

5

13

4

Play-off against the winner of the Asian play-off:
10.10.2009 Manama Bahrain 0–0 New Zealand
14.11.2009 Wellington New Zealand 1–0 Bahrain